Bug#304162: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#304162: vtk_init does not work because liboctaviz is in a wrong place

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Thomas Weber <weber@num.uni-sb.de> [2005-04-11 12:51]:

> Package: octaviz
> Version: 0.4.0-10
> Severity: normal
> 
> octave:1> pwd
> /usr/share/doc/octaviz/examples
> octave:2> vtk_demo
> error: liboctaviz.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> error: called from `vtk_demo' in file
> `/usr/share/doc/octaviz/examples/vtk_demo.m'
> 
> This is due to the fact that liboctaviz.so is at
> /usr/lib/octave-2.1.67/liboctaviz.so, 
> so vtk_init cannot find it.
> 
> temporary workaround:
> symlink it from /usr/lib/octave-2.1.69/

Yes, this is a real problem because it forces us to recompile octaviz for
every minor release of Octave.  We already fixed this problem for the
*.oct files by installing them in an API-versioned directory.  I am
Cc:ing this message to the octave-maintainers mailing list for further
discussion.

The problem with octaviz is that is generates a liboctaviz.so file that
goes into OCTLIBDIR, which is:

    $ octave-config -p OCTLIBDIR
    /usr/lib/octave-2.1.69

Would it be possible to make this directory also "API-versioned" (if this
makes sense at all)?

-- 
Rafael